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I am curious to see who will be with Yates in the high mountains, when he'll need them the most, from that squad...Nieve is a possibility and Damien seems another as well...Will that be enough in a heavy controlled race like the TDF?
^ speaking of, was it a mistake by Yates to go super deep to win the stage (17/18?) in the Giro? Given the gap he had over Dumoulin, I might have been content to lay back a little and try to save the form for the last stages. My personal experience, which has no bearing on pro racing, is that superb form can be extended by not going too deep when it's not necessary. Extraordinary performances take a heavy toll on the body.
Maybe, but their main concern was to get as much time as possible before the TT and the gap between the two still wasn't that significant despite all those victories. No one knew that Dumoulin would have had a (relatively) off day that day. Hindsight is 20/20. Also, no one knew that Yates would blow up completely and utterly like he did.spud wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:47 pm^ speaking of, was it a mistake by Yates to go super deep to win the stage (17/18?) in the Giro? Given the gap he had over Dumoulin, I might have been content to lay back a little and try to save the form for the last stages. My personal experience, which has no bearing on pro racing, is that superb form can be extended by not going too deep when it's not necessary. Extraordinary performances take a heavy toll on the body.
That's more or less what the Tour has already been for the last half decade.
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Hindsight is 20/20 with form/fatigue.
I don't like very much Froome but the statement of Hinault is just crap. Especially when it's coming from someone who was also not that clean...
https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/berna ... tory.shtml
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Dear Caleb,
***assuming he's already committed to another team next year***
***assuming he's already committed to another team next year***
why doesn't Tejay Van Garderen target the US Nationals? He would smoke all these guys especially in the TT (and already has this year actually, over a minute on Rosskopf & Bookwalter at California).
anyone want to elaborate on any well documented assessments of Hinault's doping or is it just:
1. Everyone else was so he was too.
2. That's the only way you can win multiple Grand Tours
3. We know other people took X so there is no way he couldn't have.
1. Everyone else was so he was too.
2. That's the only way you can win multiple Grand Tours
3. We know other people took X so there is no way he couldn't have.
Probably a pretty safe bet to assume all three. No documentation but I’d say my chances of coming out a winner on that bet are a whole lot better than winning at BlackJack.
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I know he refused doping control test in 82' I think..
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